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Brown University Unites Against Future Contagions
November 17, 2023 | Mirage News | Mark Lurie
A research project called MAPPS is convening a wide array of community members to better understand how social mixing contributes to virus spread, and how that may inform future pandemic response.
An Innovation System That Works
November 10, 2023 | Boston Review | Andrew Schrank
Before rushing to build the next DARPA, we need to assess the R&D model we have.
Legislating Inequity: Structural Racism In Groups Of State Laws And Associations With Premature Mortality Rates
November 8, 2023 | Health Affairs | Madina Agénor
Most evaluations of health equity policy have focused on the effects of individual laws. However, multiple laws’ combined effects better reflect the crosscutting nature of structurally racist legal regimes.
EPA to propose full ban on chemical linked to Woburn leukemia cluster
November 3, 2023 | The Boston Globe | David Savitz
The childhood cancer cases and subsequent litigation were chronicled in ‘A Civil Action.’
Racial Discrimination in Child Protective Services
October 31, 2023 | Liberty Street Economics (Federal Reserve Bank of New York) | Peter Hull
Childhood experiences have an enormous impact on children’s long-term societal contributions. Experiencing childhood maltreatment is associated with compromised physical and mental health, decreased educational attainment and future earnings, and increased criminal activity.
New SAT Data Highlights the Deep Inequality at the Heart of American Education
October 24, 2023 | The New York Times | John Friedman and Margot Jackson
The differences in how rich and poor children are educated start very early.
International Experts to Feature in Keraleeyam Seminars
October 17, 2023 | The Hindu | Patrick Heller
Robin Jeffrey, a visiting Research Professor at the Institute of South Asian Studies in Singapore, and Patrick Heller, Professor of Sociology and International and Public Affairs at Brown University in the U.S., will speak at a session on Kerala economy.
Math test scores show some recovery from pandemic learning loss; reading scores stagnant
October 13, 2023 | USA Today | Emily Oster
The scores offer among the most comprehensive national pictures of student learning, pointing to some progress but persistent challenges.
How to smash the class ceiling in the workplace
October 6, 2023 | Financial Times | John Friedman
We like to think of the workplace as a meritocracy, but is it really?
New Report Identifies Policies to Reduce Intergenerational Poverty in the U.S.
October 3, 2023 | National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine | Anna Aizer
Implementing a portfolio of programs and policies to reduce intergenerational poverty would yield a high payoff for children and the entire nation, says a new report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine.